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China Pakistan Economic Corridor

The China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) is a collection of infrastructure projects worth around $46 billion meant to deepen economic ties between China and Pakistan. The CPEC will connect China's largest province Xinjiang with Pakistan's Gwadar port in Balochistan. It was launched in 2015 and passes through Pakistan-occupied Kashmir and Balochistan, both of which are home to a long-running insurgency. Pakistan and China will monitor the progress made on CPEC projects using a satellite, which is set to be launched in June 2018. The CPEC is a part of Chinese President Xi Jinping's Silk Road Economic Belt and the 21st Maritime Silk Road projects, two development plans that seek to deepen Mainland China's economic cooperation with a number of Asian and European countries.